Jiae POV

Daeun dragged me over to the wardrobe and encouragingly said "Open it."

"I've already tried to open it in the past, but it wouldn't open for me" I embarrassingly admitted.

"Don't worry" Jiyeon smiled at me reassuringly. "It will open."

I took hold of the handle nervously, gave it a pull and it easily opened. My eyes widened in shock "I can't believe it worked!"

"Which dress were you thinking about Jiyeon?" Daeun asked. Once Jiyeon pointed the dress out, Daeun grabbed it and placed it aside. "Please come over here Jiae" she said as she gestured over to the changing area.

She reached towards me and I instinctively backed away. "What are you doing?"

She smiled serenely and said "I'm helping you change Your Highness."

I was surprised by both her actions and words. "But I haven't married him yet."

Jiyeon approached and said "You already received the Royal Command to be married, so it is only natural that you be considered the Crown Princess."

Daeun reached towards me again and began helping me change into the dress they had taken from the wardrobe. After she had finished changing me, she sat me at a vanity and started to fix my make up and hair. Once she finished changing out the accessories I was wearing, she heaved a sigh of relief. "It's done."

I stood up and faced the large mirror that was in the room. I couldn't believe how different I looked.

"You look beautiful!" Jiyeon smiled.

I blushed "Thank you."

Daeun took me by the hand and pulled me next to her. Then she bowed low before Jiyeon. Not knowing what was going on, I simply followed her actions. As we rose, I saw Daeun struggle to hold back her tears.

"Crown Princess Jiyeon" she took a calming breath before continuing. "We have come before you to thank you for protecting this position for such a long time. Because it has taken so long for us to appear, you could not truly rest. We appear before you today ready and willing to take our rightful places. By the order of King Lee and Queen Jang, Yoo Jiae is our newly appointed Crown Princess." Daeun began to tear up once more, but choked back the tears none the less in order to finish speaking. "She shall take her rightful place here and I shall return to King Lee Sungyeol's side and take my place as his wife."

What did she say?

"Thank you, Daeun............for everything" Jiyeon smiled as tears filled her eyes.

We both watched as a bright light enveloped her. She passed on and was finally able to rest in peace. Once she had vanished, Daeun collapsed to the floor in tears. "Goodbye Jiyeon" she wept. "I'm sorry it took so long."

All I could do, was crouch next to her and comfort her as she cried.

Sunggyu POV

When the King had said we could look over the archives, everyone was nervous. They couldn't believe what he had just said about Daeun, but they didn't want to appear as though they doubted his words. 

When I couldn't stand it any more, I walked forward and opened one of the chests and removed a scroll. Based on it's size and style, it looked as though it were a painting. I could tell that it was definitely from King Lee's time period from the obvious signs of aging. I slowly began to unroll the scroll, but stopped suddenly when I saw her face. "Holy shit! I screamed, before dropping the scroll back into the chest I had pulled it from.

"What's wrong?" "What is it?" Everyone started to question me, still too scared to look for themselves.

I picked up the scroll again and fully opened it up to show everyone. The entire courtyard filled with gasps of shock.

"Is that...?" "That can't be..." "Oh my...." everyone stated to murmur amongst themselves.

Suddenly Sungjong shouted "Daeun looks beautiful in that portrait!" with a huge smile on his face. Then he stood up and walked over next to me. "Do you think there are more portraits?" he asked full of curiosity and excitement. Then he pulled my arm and said "Find another! I want to see!"

How could he just accept all this? Did he already know? "Sungjong..."

"What?" he looked up at me confused for a moment.

"How can you just accept this?"

He cocked his head a bit and chucked "How can I not? The proof is all here" he gestured to the chests that lay around the courtyard. Then he whispered in my ear "I also figured out the secret behind the norigae. Thanks Sunggyu."

"Huh?"

"So which ones are portraits?" he smiled as he reached for a scroll. "How about this one?" 

He showed me what he was holding and I sighed "When are you ever going to study? That's just a document" I said as I grabbed the scroll from him and placed it back in the chest. Then I rummaged through the scrolls to find another portrait. "Here" I said as I handed it over to him.

Hoya POV

As Sungjong was about to open the second scroll, Woohyun began to make an announcement "Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Yoo Jiae!"

Everyone looked up and was in awe as Jiae appeared adorned in the Crown Princess's clothing. She was truly breathtakingly beautiful as she walked towards Sungjong, that I couldn't help but smile as I watched him drop the scroll he was just about to open.

While everyone was focused on the couple, I looked back at the entrance and saw Daeun standing in the shadows. She smiled sadly as a tear fell from her eyes. Then she turned and started walking away. "Where is she going?" I whispered to myself.